Quotes About Diligence

Put a little bit more in, get so much more out".

Almost the first thing I learned about being an editor was that it was hard work. To be sure, ditchdiggers and miners have it worse, but for sheer, numbing, endless (I do not, deliberately, say mindless) work, editing books is hard to beat.

You hold an eternal soul in your hands. You cannot afford to give in to weariness, indifference, laziness, or careless neglect. God chose you two as the parents of these children! It is now your responsibility to determine what level of understanding your child possesses and to hold him accountable at that level.

Always look for sparrows before you look for canaries.

Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don't waste time.

Trifles go to make perfection,And perfection is no trifle.

Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness its opposite never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Los vagos son ellos, los que dicen que trabajan y no hacen sino aturdirse y ahogar el pensamiento".

No, yo no soy un vago! Mi imaginación no descansa. Los vagos son ellos, los que dicen que trabajan y no hacen sino aturdirse y ahogar el pensamiento.

Work hard AND smart.

You must be a diligent person with a humble heart. Have compassion for everyone. Even your enemies.

You must go to school. . .you represent our family, and you must be an excellent person. . .no matter what anyone says or does. . .be a diligent person with a humble heart. Have compassion for everyone. Even your enemies.

What's so wrong with effort, anyway? It means you care.

Gregor would reference all kinds of books and articles, and instead of paraphrasing them, like any normal lazy person, he'd insist on going online and finding the exact line or quote from the secondary source, adding another five-minute silent section to the meeting, during which he wordlessly surfed online. Later I would realize this is Greg''s signature style. He likes to take in people past the point where they can be putting on a show to impress him.

The path is difficult to ensure worthiness. The lazy look elsewhere, The persevering find riches.

If you practiced for the day, then you have won. If you were lazy for the day, then you have lost.

I'm positive and I smile a lot, and I'm kind of a banana, but serious work just seems to find me, so I'm not going to argue with it.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Motto of the Benedictines

Be industrious, let thine eyes be open, lest you become a beggar, for the man that is idle cometh not to honor.

No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.

Shortcuts will only satisfy and give you success in the present moment. But the future is preserved for those who are fully prepared for it. The people who didn't skip the basics.

You must avoid looking for shortcuts in life, if you truly wish to know the full procedure of doing things.